MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	291% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 02:56
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 708 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 126 Parallax 111 95% 118 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 120 Splatting 102 86% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 586 594 613 586 595 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,555 Write 2,356 Mixed 1,596 SusWrite 644 399% 1,788 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 88.7 295% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,396 DQ Write 1,201 DQ Mixed 1,286 967% 1,295 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 340%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 92GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 115 115 115 116 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 334 Write 166 Mixed 234 SusWrite 126 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 18.4 79% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 19.8 50% 108 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 167 168 169 168 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 130 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 167 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 96%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 31GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 111 Write 47 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 19.9 48% 45.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 43% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04HEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 646 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 25.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 78%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,882 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,448x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,150x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	850x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	440x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	364x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	276x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	270x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	243x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $601

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16